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Right I realy need to clear this issue up after a near miss with the Po Po after I was pulled over on the motorway because one of the surfboards on my roof was starting to try and fly.

Having heard it may be illegal I pushed my feet as far into the footwell as possibe and got my mate to get out and sort the board.

Iv always heard different things from different people about the legality of dirving with no shoes on, and realy need to know for two reasons:

1- I do it all the time, and therefore a little sketchy.

2- If it is againts the law, its pointless! - Its safer to drive barefoot than in wet shoes

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Right I realy need to clear this issue up after a near miss with the Po Po after I was pulled over on the motorway because one of the surfboards on my roof was starting to try and fly.

Having heard it may be illegal I pushed my feet as far into the footwell as possibe and got my mate to get out and sort the board.

Iv always heard different things from different people about the legality of dirving with no shoes on, and realy need to know for two reasons:

1- I do it all the time, and therefore a little sketchy.

2- If it is againts the law, its pointless! - Its safer to drive barefoot than in wet shoes

APPARENTLY its not illegal. I mentioned a similar question to a girl I was seeing a little while ago, and she told me that the News of the World had an article on it, after Kate Moss was photographed driving without shoes. According to the article its legal. I'm pretty sure that I believe her.

All of the rock solid tf evidence you will ever need right there!

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This summer iv driven barefoot loads, deffinatly a whole lot safer than driving in flip flops. f**k keeping a pair of shoes just in my car, itd never happen, id just put them on, then wear them when i got out.

Bare foot ***.

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... f**k keeping a pair of shoes just in my car, itd never happen...

I do?

Anyway, you're not going to get pulled over for driving bare foot are you. Unless you've got a perspex car of course. Chances of a copper even knowing its illegal/even noticing are slim if its regarding something else.

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Anyway, you're not going to get pulled over for driving bare foot are you. Unless you've got a perspex car of course.

no, but on the off chance of being pulled for something un-related such as the surfboards, or having a brakelight out etc

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I just found an amazing site called "Google", it's really cool - I asked it the same question and I got all these results:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&s...is+driving+bare

EDIT: That was a joke, before anyone gets on their period about me being a forum nazi or something :P

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And how the flippers are they ever going to know your driving bare foot ?

Honestly... :ermm:

Well, if you got captured for speeding, and they pulled you over, looked in the window, or asked you to get out the car for some reason, and saw your feet...

We're talking about hypothetical stuff here.

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Why on earth would it be illegal?

Quoted straight from here

It's not illegal, BUT if you had an accident and it was found that your braking reaction time was impaired because you were wearing inappropriate footwear, then you could be convicted of careless driving. It would also open you up to a civil case for damages from any 3rd party injured in the accident.

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Yeah exactly and its not as if they can wear shoes is it.

I must be sick cos that really made me laugh!

I got pulled up for not wearing shoes when I was a young scallywag, got off with a warning and made to put me shes on, and now I find out it's not illegal!

Ah well.......

Me and pretty much all my mates that surf do it all the time, nothing worse than putting socks on sandy feet!

Matt

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